Larry Dean Nielsen

Chief Nielsen was a passenger in a fire department engine responding to a barn fire. A few minutes after departing the fire station on the response, Chief Nielsen told the driver of the apparatus to pull over, he was not feeling well.
The driver pulled the apparatus to the side of the road and Chief Nielsen exited the vehicle. Chief Nielsen collapsed to the pavement. EMS was summoned and the driver and Chief Nielsen’s spouse began CPR. Chief Nielsen was transported to the hospital by ambulance but did not survive the medical emergency. The cause of death was listed as a heart attack.
Incident Location: Vicinity of Gilmore City, IA(USNG: 15T UH 81 31)

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